Swiss coach assists Bilikiki

Davor Ivcevic, assistant coach and squad member of Switzerland’s beach soccer team, arrived on Monday and will take the Bilikiki through an intensive one-week training programme. Switzerland will also participate in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, which kicks off on 16 November and involves 16 of the world’s best teams.Eddie Ngava, General Secretary of…

The season kicked off at Auckland’s Kiwitea Street on Saturday with defending champions Auckland City cruising to a 5-0 win over Tahiti’s AS Manu Ura in Group A. Daniel Koprivcic led the way with a second-half hat-trick on debut for the club.Auckland City coach Paul Posa says he was pleased to pick up maximum points…

Lautoka are making their debut in the O-League while Marist’s only other appearance in the competition was during the inaugural 2007 season.oceaniafootball.com brings you the latest updates from the crucial Group B clash.HALF TIME UPDATE:Marist FC 0 Lautoka 2Kamal Hassan and Samuela Kautoga put Lautoka ahead by two goals inside the first 20 minutes.FULL TIME:Marist…

Defending champions Auckland City FC sit top of Group A with three points after their comfortable 5-0 win over Tahiti’s AS Manu Ura at Kiwitea Street on Saturday with the other Group A match between AS Magenta and Waitakere United still to be played (24 October).O-League debutants Lautoka lead Group B after a 3-1 win…

See below for play-by-play action from the match.0′ Kick off4′ Ki-Hyung Lee takes a free kick for Auckland City and Ivan Vicelich gets on the end of it at the back post but his header is a weak one6′ Lee takes a shot from the edge of the box but it’s save by AS Manu…

The African and South American champions, who had not lost a game during the competition, keep that proud record intact, but at the end of the day, it was the Black Satellites, who followed in the footsteps of Argentina, victors at Canada 2007, in lifting the famous trophy.Brazil had the better of the early stages…

Funding of $5000 each is being sent to Western Samoa and American Samoa to help with urgently needed repair and replacement of football infrastructure and equipment such as buildings, playing fields and goalposts, NZF Chairman Frank van Hattum said.The damage to Football Federation American Samoa’s waterfront national headquarters at Pago Park in Pago Pago was…

OFC has signed a ground-breaking agreement with Triangle and Stratos Television in New Zealand to ensure all Auckland City FC and Waitakere United’s home matches will be available on free-to-air television (Triangle) as well as on the digital platform (Stratos) within 24 hours after the completion of each match. In terms of television coverage outside…

Tickets sales are topping the 31,000 mark a month out from the event.The two legged tie – which determines which of the two nations qualifies for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa – is delicately balanced after last week’s 0-0 draw in Bahrain that prompted a run of 17,000 tickets sold since Sunday.The…